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A59
sports
Thursday, June 20, 2013 www.guardian.co.tt Guardian
MANCHESTER---David Moyes
was given a challenging start to
life as Manchester United manager
yesterday, with his new team
handed fixtures against Chelsea,
Liverpool and Manchester City in
the first five matches of its Premier
League title defence.
Moyes already has a tough job
replacing the great Alex Ferguson,
who retired after nearly 27 trophy-
laden years at Old Trafford, and the
release of the 2013-14 fixture list
hasn't given him any respite.
After opening its title defence at
Swansea, United hosts Chelsea---
also under a new manager in Jose
Mourinho---the following weekend.
Then United plays great rival Liv-
erpool away before a trip to City
on the weekend of September 21-
22.Mourinho's first match in his sec-
ond spell with Chelsea is at home
to newly promoted Hull while
Manuel Pellegrini's first taste of
action as City's new manager comes
at home to Newcastle.
"Starting the season at home is
a great way for our supporters to
show the players they are ready to
be behind the team all the way, and
at the same time it is a great way
for the players to show how much
they are motivated and committed,"
Mourinho said.
"I am so happy to start at the
Bridge."
The opening round of the season
takes place on the weekend of
August 17-18.
Given all the managerial appoint-
ments among the big clubs, it is
anticipated that this season's title
race will be one of the most hotly
contested in years.
If it goes down to the last day---
as it did two seasons ago---United
will be away at Southampton, City
is at home to West Ham and
Chelsea visits Cardiff, one of the
other promoted teams.
Arsenal begins the season at
home to Aston Villa, Liverpool hosts
Stoke and the first game in charge
for new Everton manager Roberto
Martinez is at Norwich. AP
Man United to begin title
defence at Swansea
LONDON---The FA Cup final has
been restored to its traditional
place as the last match of the
English football season, with the
showpiece occasion having had
to share the spotlight with Pre-
mier League fixtures in recent
years.
The English Football Association
said yesterday that the final will
take place at Wembley Stadium
on May 17---a week after the Pre-
mier League has concluded.
Alex Horne, general secretary
of the FA, says "we're well aware
that fans and media have been
calling for the FA Cup final to have
a day to itself and we're delighted
that this is going to happen for
2014."
Some of the attention has been
diverted from the famous match,
with Manchester United clinching
the Premier League title on the
same day as the 2011 final between
Manchester City and Stoke.AP
FA Cup restored as last
match of English season
SANDY---The United States and
Costa Rica both closed in on place at
next year's World Cup by winning
their home matches in Tuesday's
Concacaf qualifiers.
The US had a 1-0 win over Hon-
duras, with Jozy Altidore scoring the
sole goal in the 73rd minute, while
Costa Rica recorded a 2-0 victory over
Panama.
With six of 10 games played in the
six-team group, the US is in top spot
in the standings on 13 points while
Costa Rica is second with 11 points.
With the top three teams to qualify
directly to Brazil 2014, Mexico is in
third place on eight points, just a point
ahead of Honduras in fourth, which
yields a place in a further interconti-
nental playoff.
Panama is a point further back in
fifth while Jamaica is last on just two
points.
Honduras was the last visiting team
to win at the United States in a World
Cup qualifying match, back in 2001.
The Americans have won or drawn 25
straight at home since then.
The visitors made it difficult on the
Americans for much of the game by
slowing the pace before Altidore broke
through, taking a cross from Fabian
Johnson and shooting across the goal-
keeper and inside the right post.
"The team now understands it's not
only a physical grind you put into these
games. It's a mental one," coach Jurgen
Klinsmann said. "Mentally we're getting
stronger. We're getting tougher. We are
now prepared to go through the games."
It was Altidore's ninth goal in a qual-
ifier as he finally develops into the
scoring threat the United States has
hoped for.
"We are very happy for Jozy," Klins-
mann said. "We always told him from
a coaching perspective that it takes a
lot of hard work, it takes a lot of adjust-
ment, it takes the right moment to be
there, it takes the hunger. The energy
he has put in the last four or five games
has been tremendous. It's not only that
he scored those goals, the work he does
for the team is awesome."
Costa Rica also had to wait until the
second half to break through against
Panama.
Fulham's Bryan Ruiz opened the
scoring on a free kick in the 49th
minute, and Celso Borges clinched it
just about two minutes later from long
distance in a steady rain at National
Stadium.
The Concacaf qualifying campaign
now goes into recess before resuming
in September. AP
US, Costa Rica win to
close on WCup spots
Honduras' Roger Rojas (21) defends against United States' Michael Bradley (4) in
the first half during a World Cup qualifying football match at Rio Tinto Stadium
on Tuesday in Sandy, Utah. USA won 1-0. AP PHOTO
BARCELONA---Barcelona defender
Carles Puyol has successfully
undergone surgery to treat a
painful swelling in his right knee.
Doctor Ricard Pruna, who was in
charge of the operation, says the
35-year-old club captain's cyst was
extracted Wednesday in a 35-minute
routine operation.
The surgeon says his objective
was to have Puyol "training along-
side the rest of the squad by July
15 or 16."
Puyol has had six operations while
at Barcelona for a variety of ailments
including a fractured right cheek-
bone, left knee ligament damage
and a dislocated elbow. AP
Puyol has knee surgery
Carroll quits Liverpool
LONDON---Liverpool took a
huge financial hit on Andy Car-
roll yesterday by selling the
towering England striker to fel-
low Premier League side West
Ham, ending his disappointing
2 1/2-year spell at Anfield.
Carroll joined Liverpool from
Newcastle on deadline day in
January 2011 for a staggering
£35 million (then $56 million),
making him Britain's most
expensive footballer, but he
struggled under the weight of
expectation and didn't fit into
the club's style of play.
The striker moved to West
Ham on a season-long loan last
year, scoring seven goals in 24
league games and, and has com-
pleted a permanent switch to
Upton Park on a six-year deal.
West Ham, which finished
10th in the Premier League last
season, is preparing to move into
the 54,000-seat Olympic Sta-
dium in 2016.
Carroll's robust style is more
suited to West Ham, where
manager Sam Allardyce favors
more direct tactics than those
adopted at Liverpool under
Brendan Rodgers.
By guaranteeing himself play-
ing time at West Ham, Carroll
will hope to get back in favor
with England in time for the
2014 World Cup, should the
national team make it there.
The striker has scored two goals
in nine games for his country.
AP
EDINBURGH---Cash-strapped
Scottish team Hearts was handed
over to financial administrators
yesterday, triggering a 15-point
deduction that will take effect at
the start of next season.
Accountancy firm BDO has
taken over the running of the Edin-
burgh club, which has struggled
with financial problems over the
past two years and racked up debts
of £25 million ($39 million).
"We will now undertake an
urgent examination of the com-
pany's records prior to making any
further announcements," said
Bryan Jackson, business restruc-
turing partner at BDO. "We are
acutely aware of the need for speed
in this process given the uncer-
tainty of the last few weeks and
the proximity of the season's start."
The Scottish Premier League
said Hearts was being sanctioned
with the points penalty because
it is "subject to an insolvency
event," adding that the club was
also "subject to an embargo on
registering players with the SPL
whilst in administration."
Owned by Lithuanian business-
man Vladimir Romanov since
2005, Hearts is currently under a
transfer embargo after failing to
pay some players their wages on
time, having acknowledged that
it is "experiencing a shortfall in
funding."
Hearts finished 10th in the 12-
team SPL last season, 14 points
clear of last-place Dundee, and is
currently listening to offers for its
best players to stay afloat.
"Fans will, inevitably, be con-
cerned about these developments
and none of them will have wanted
this moment to arrive," Jackson
said. AP
Hearts seeks administrators,
gets points deduction